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ajc.com - 12/26/2008

Q&A w/ Thrashers GM Don Waddell

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Thrashers general manager Don Waddell faces a lot of challenges: Improving a 12-18-4 team that stands 13th of 15 in the NHL’s Eastern Conference, selling tickets and sponsorships during a recession and giving fans a reason to think something will change for a franchise that has been to the ...

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ajc.com - 12/23/2008

Thrashers 'outplayed' in loss to Leafs

— ajc.com — A day after the longest night of the year, Atlanta’s hockey team took a long winter’s nap.... The Thrashers slept soundly in front of a Philips Arena crowd announced as 16,413 people, and with the lamp behind their net lighting half a dozen times. They ... (more) Thrashers 'outplayed' in loss to Leafs

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fromtherink.com - 12/22/2008

Atlanta: A case study in how to kill a fan base

— fromtherink.com — The prices keep getting cheaper and cheaper for tickets. For five years I purchased full season tickets.... In most years it was my primary entertainment expenditure. To have NHL season tickets was a dream of mine since I was a 15-year-old kid ... (more) Atlanta: A case study in how to kill a fan base

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thrasherstalons.blogspot.com - 12/21/2008

Thrashers Steadily Destroying Their Own Brand

— thrasherstalons.blogspot.com — The Thrashers are headed for their 11 th entry draft next summer. For 10 of those 11... years the Thrashers have sat in the first row of tables (reserved for those teams with the lowest points the prior season). Slowly, year-by-year and step-by-step the ... (more) Thrashers Steadily Destroying Their Own Brand

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The State Of The Thrashers With Don Waddell
KK Hockey — ... a better team at this point, particularly a forward, we’ll look at pretty much anything. Q. When do you start having to make a decision, is this a team that has a chance to make a run or is it time to look to the future? A. The trade deadline’s March 4. In February we only have [five] home games. We have to put ourselves in position over the next five, six weeks. If we don’t, it’s going to be tough for us. continued

Empty Netter Assists - 12-26-08
Empty Netters — ... are facing the Penguins at the right time Saturday. -The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have a big game tonight against the rival Philadelphia Phantoms. Northeast Division -Sabres forward Jason Pominville is having trouble finding the back of the net. Southeast Division -Goaltender Mike Smith has been one of the Lightning's tops players. -Thrashers general manager Don Waddell said his team is looking for a center (and just about everything else). -The Capitals will recall ...

Waddell's Assesment of the Thrashers
Bird Watchers Anonymous — I recently called on the ownership or management to speak out about the team and to his credit Don Waddell did a Q and A with beat writer Mike Knobler on the state of the team which was published on Christmas Day. I'd like to consider two points from this discussion. ...

What We Learned: Oh yeah, this is entertaining
The Two-Line Pass — ... Atlanta — Don Waddell gets hockey. He did a Q&A with Mike Knobler at the AJC that ran on Christmas day (i.e. when no one on Earth reads the newspaper) and among the topics discussed were the Thrashers’ needs in the trade market. Said Waddell: ...